Author and activist Loung Ung survived the Cambodian Genocide as a child. Now her internationally recognized memoir ‘First They Killed My Father’ is going to be adapted for film by Netflix and Angelina Jolie. Oscar-winning actress Jolie Pitt, who directed 2014’s Unbroken, read Ung’s book, which was published in 2000, and the two became close …
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Another great review of Loung Ung‘s new memoir, Lulu in the Sky from the Kirkus site: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/loung-ung/lulu-sky/#review
Watch this compelling interview with author Loung Ung about her new memoir, Lulu in the Sky. Very moving: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/loung-ung/?post_type=speaker-videos
Author Loung Ung talks with Leonard Lopate about coming to terms with her violent childhood in Cambodia’s notorious killing fields and her new memoir, Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/apr/23/lulu-sky/#commentlist
Yet another interesting interview with Loung Ung about her third memoir, Lulu in the Sky. Here she discusses the relationship of Cambodian-Americans with their home country.
Check out this review of Loung Ung‘s third memoir, Lulu in the Sky: “The author’s honest look at her fears and her work as an activist are inspiring and compelling. An excellent conclusion to the trilogy”
Author and activist Loung Ung is interviewed on Around Noon, 90.3 WCPN with Dee Perry, in honor of her recently released third memoir. Listen to is here. Especially poignant is the story of Loung’s sister who was left behind in Cambodia.
Check out this insightful interview with author Loung Ung in Interview magazine. Besides Loung’s new memoir, they cover cultural differences between the United States and Cambodia, and how happiness is earned, not given.
This is a nice profile of author and activist Loung Ung on Cleveland.com. It outlines her life story told in three memoirs, culminating with her most recent, just released last week: Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness
Concluding the trilogy that started with her bestselling memoir, First They Killed My Father, and continued with Lucky Child, Loung Ung‘s third book, Lulu in the Sky: a Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness illuminates her struggle to reconcile with her past while moving forward toward happiness. It will be released on …